Derived from the Greek for 'image breaker,' what term originally described those who destroyed religious icons but now refers to anyone who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions?
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Iconoclast
The term rose to prominence during the Byzantine Iconoclasm of the 8th and 9th centuries, when the use of religious images was banned and many were destroyed.
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- What English word for a person who challenges established beliefs comes from a Greek phrase meaning "image breaker"?